Niamh Connolly CBT Therapist

10/03/2022

Can everyone share these far & wide 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

The people of Ukraine will have many needs in the coming months and years. The most pressing priority at this stage of the emerging catastrophe is to ensure physical safety, and to meet other basic needs such as food, shelter, and access to medicines.

27/01/2022

Anxious? Stressed...? 😫
What can help is to slooooow things down.
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Tune in to your body.
Pay attention to what's going on physically.
There's information there to guide us.
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Our body will tell us when we're stressed.
Our body will tell us if we're anxious.
Our body will tell us that something isn't right.
IF WE'RE LISTENING!
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So, from today, start listening.
Start paying attention.
Tune. In.
Daily.
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How's my heart rate?
How's my breathing?
How's my stomach?
Am I tense anywhere?
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Get to know your body.
Understand how it works.
Recognise the signals.
So you know when you need to act.
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Practice this a couple of times a day.
Link it to something easy, ike meals, sitting down to your desk, every time you switch on the kettle.
Then you know what to look for if / when something changes.
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Slow down.
Tune in.
Pay attention.
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26/01/2022

One....
One Task...
One Email...
One Phone call...
One Study planner...
One Step...
One Kilometre...
One Meal...
One Report...
One Clean Up...
One Room...
One Day....
One Morning...
One Afternoon...
One Night...
One Hour...
One Minute...
One Second...
One Breath....
Breathe.
Deeply.
Slowly.
One foot in front of the other....
You can do this..
One thing at a time.
One piece at a time.
You can do this.

11/01/2022

Reset.
Go a different way.
Try something else.
Rejig.
Do a 180.
Amend.
Plan B.
Plan Z.
Something not working doesn't mean YOU'RE not working.
Don't get stuck in a rut.
Don't keep knocking if it's already locked.
Reset, and find the right door.
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06/01/2022

Go easy on yourself today.
Stay present.
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Right now, how are things?
What can I change, or make better?
What do I need to accept, or let go?
Small questions, but big impacts.
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Pick one thing and work on it, if you need to.
But ease up on the worry.
Wind down the guilt.
You're doing FINE.
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04/01/2022

You. Got. This. 👊

03/01/2022

While we're on the declutter buzz (anyone else get the decorations down today?!) why not get rid of a few bad habits too! 🙌🎉

02/01/2022

A great way to start the New Year is to do a good ol clear out, a proper de -clutter.
When we get rid of the excess in our lives, we can start to see things more clearly - whether that's our finances, our time, our physical surroundings - it can be anything.
It makes everything easier.
Decision making, planning, taking action - everything is easier when it's less crowded, less "busy", more clear.
Start with your email.
Take 10 minutes & unsubsribe from every site that wants you to spend money.
All the lists you're on since Black Friday, get RID.
in one fell swoop you'll save time, headspace AND money.
Win win!
Then look around you, & see what else you can de-clutter.
Maybe it's WhatsApp groups.
Maybe it's FB accounts that leave you feeling inadequate.
One thing at a time, start to clear them out.
Give yourself the gifts of space & clarity in 2022.
What a great way to start your year 🤗
Comment below what you're going to de-clutter & we can inspire & help each other get stuff DONE!

31/12/2021

Happy New Year everyone, thanks to everyone who supports me here 🙌🎉

31/12/2021

If I could wish anything for you for 2022 it would be that you'd take on these 5 goals & make them part of your life.
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These are the 5 key practices / beliefs that I've seen make the biggest difference in transforming people's lives in my 10 years work as a Psychotherapist.
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If you take these on, working through them one at a time, you will see things change for the better.
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Are you doing any already?
Is there anything you'd add to the list?
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Comment below ⬇️
Save to remind yourself of your goals for the year 🔽
Share to remind others to keep it simple, keep it real ◀️

30/12/2021

As numbers surge, one of the biggest difficulties often isn't Covid, its dealing with friends &/ family who just don't seem to care.
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They might try & ignore our decisions & actions (even though they're based on valid, and public health REQUESTED recommendations!)
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They might try & persuade, wheedle, guilt-trip, plámás their way into your house, or to changing your mind.
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This 4 step strategy will help you not get sucked into their persuasiveness or persistence.
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They won't be there picking up the pieces if anyone gets sick, or misses something important because of isolating.
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You. Do. You.
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Comment below if you've had problems with this, & any tips you would add?
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10/12/2021

In times of stress, our primitive brain tends to focus on the negative (thinking it's protecting us from potential "threat")
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Great if we're actually in imminent danger, not so good if it's just our mind wandering into catastrophising or worst-case-scenario-ing.
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To counteract this tendency, listen to your thoughts, & remember-
JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK IT, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S TRUE.
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Think about how you think.
How many of your worries have turned out to be true?
How accurate were your negative predictions?
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This simple act of reflection, of trying to work something out, engages the rational part of the brain.
It brings the focus away from just the negativity, & includes the good & helpful information too.
Try it the next time you're stressed - pause, and then be curious about your thoughts.
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Watch the difference doing this will make😁